The demise of absolutes

Life is full of yes-or-no answers and decisions. Yes, I'd like extra cheese on my pizza. No, I'm not available until 3. Yes, I'll join you for drinks. No, I've got plenty of my time in my schedule for that project (can you hear the dripping sarcasm?). Things tend to default to the lowest common denominator, black and white. Yes, I'll take vanilla, please. And things tend to be phrased in absolutes. Yes, you can do that. No, I changed my mind, you can't.

But that's not where life is lived. Life is lived in the gray areas, between the black and the white, between the yes and the no. In the middle - out on the edge - where colors burst off the page, where passion is a regular part of your daily routine.

When you feel like you're buried under thousands of pounds of rubble that translate into demands on your time, deadlines, clients, projects...all clamoring for what they claim is just a "minute" of your time, it's hard to remember to draw outside the lines, to hang on to the enjoyment, to remember the reason you do it in the first place. So for just today, when things feel more than a little out of control, when it feels that I won't get past this moment, that joy is just beyong my reach, I try to remember that life is fluid. It's not meant to be just yes or no. It's meant to be the sometimes, the maybes, the let's do it now, the let's try something new. It never hurts to try life from from a different angle. You might be pleasantly surprised with your discoveries.